A BV subtlety
Mathematical Physics
2007-11-20 v1 math.MP
Abstract
The standard BV complex is never acyclic provided that the equations of motion have solutions and the admissible class of functions is general enough, unless one introduces second-order antifields. This phenomenon is explicitly illustrated for the harmonic oscillator and the free electromagnetic field.
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@article{arxiv.0711.2927,
title = {A BV subtlety},
author = {T. A. Larsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.2927},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages